The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-11-05

Vanla were inundated with appeals, litiga-
tion and technical moves to evade the let
ter and spirit Of the law; but they we're
taught lesson, and II the present Cover
nor Beaver were Of the same stamp as the
ex-governor, corporations would recognize
their creators, but alas, Governor Beaver is
none suchl Soon after the expiration Of his
term as governor, Cleveland selected him as
member Of the commission to Investigate
the Pacific r. r. In this position he has
fully justified the expectations Of his su-
peri0rs; neither cajolery, nor bullying, nor
attempted bribery by dinners and fancy en-
tertainments would move him one jot or
little from his plain and sworn duty. 1t
was the first time In their experience that
such malefactors as Stanford, Huntington,
Crocker, ct al, were impressed with the
will and honest fervor Of public officials.
These tests and the faithful performance
OF these responsible public positions fit and
prove him to be worthy OF the highest and
most exalted position within the gift Of any
administration or Of any place within the
power of the people to bestow. II would
be infinitely better for the people II at all
times their interests we're entrusted In such
hands, and If the President will cali him to
the Secretaryship of the Interior he will
gain a just, scrupulous, able and honest
cabinet officer By such an appointment
specially honor the people Of Pennsylvania
whose esteem and regard. no public man
more fittingly and correctly possesses than
does Robert e. Pattison. The verdict Of
the people Is swell done thou good and
faithful servant"
The week closing October witnessed two
murder trials, and two convictions In MUIR
der Of the first degree, which means "hAng
by the neck until dead" The unfortunate
criminals are Robert G. Hall and Lorin
Webber. The former IL convicted for the
deyiish murder of the faithless Lillian
| Rivers, and the latter for the cold-blooded
murder of jeweler on South street. Ear
| ly In June Philadelphia was horrified one
morning at the account Of the cool, dellber-
| ate and methodical manner In which Mrs.
Rivers was first shot and then had her
| throat cut bv Hall. 1t was most dlaboli-
cal crime. Hall, after committing the das-
tardly deed directed his efforts at "butcher-
ing" towards himself and came near ac-
complishlng 1t but for the hasty discovery
and conveyance to hospital he would have
succeeded. He cut his throat from ear to
ear but failed to sever the main artery.
For weeks he struggled to accomplish with
| his fingers what he failed to do with the
knife. Again and again he would tear off,
although weak from loss Of blood, the
bandages and reopen the wounds, so that
| finally the authorities tied his hands until
the wound had fully healed. He is as des
perate, determined and cool q criminal as
| the court records of Philadelphia produce.
Poor, misguided Lillian Rivers; q woman
of fine presence, good looks, very fascinat-
ing and charming and withal pleasant char
acteristics and an actress Of no poor order.
yet misguided and gone wrong, was indi-
rectly the cause of this startling crime.
Nln <NHN h. fro. L..
as transgressor her lot was made hard.
Her husband, James Rivers, O noted actor,
only few short months before attempted
her life by shooting on account of her inf.
delity and liaison with this devil Hall.
Hall also was an amateur actor, but q re-
pulsive, vicious, jealous sort of man, not
withstanding he possessed some charm that
attracted Mrs. Rivers, which eliminated ir
this tragedy. Tall deserves worse fate
than what Is In store for him, but the dead
woman does not deserve the execration OF
mankind for she was weak and was led
astray by influences over which she had nc
control. 1t is easy to advise against bu,
not so easy to resist the temptation.
Webber's crime was that of walking ear.
ly one morning In March into the jewelry
store of Mr.. Martin and without any wore
or notice deliberately shoot the proprietor
He died instanter. The pleas usual-oi
insanity, In each case, was set up as q card
of defense; but the court and juries refused
to recognize these pleas as mitigating cir
cumstances and decided that society re.
quired protection from such men.
} The religious racket that was injected In
to the political whirl pool of Philadelphi,
by ye Cooper, Quay Leeds, ct al, has proved
veritable boomerang. 1t has chilled tn,
ardor of many Republicans for the caus,
! aid as ReY. DR.. McCook declares 1.-THE,
tished for the parsons and have caught an
other Burchard." The Moses" that wa
, supposed to bring those benighted children
Press, Leeds, Bill Mann, Maloney, Gideol
! Clark, Quay and Cooper out Of the wilder
ness into the promised land has instead LEI
, them into the ''Red Sea" Of destruction
, and oblivion. Serves you right; religion
has nothing to do with politics; when sen
J timent and faith becomes the pRck-horse o
} hypocrites and traducers and is proposed Il
do service for what Is simply q matter in
: volving some political and economic ques
? ton then sentiment and faith Is ever tn
3 loser. One of the ludicrous specimens an,
fools engaged In this work, as a coadjuto
? of the four ''old Methodist stagers," Leeds
Mann, Maloney and CLARK, -four of the mos
I unscrupulous politicians In Philadelphia,
. the Rev. Madison c. Peters. A man wear
ing the ministerial garb, yet sensational
: ist, pompous with his diamond stud. an
] fast horse, boarding at the Girard House
q such is the ministerial influence in favor Q
e the -Four Old Stagers." This is q spec
b men of the Law and Order issue involved
4, Decent citizens have become entirely dis
2 gusted with what ex-Attorney General L
e G. CIssidy duOs as rat" Madison Peter
e may be remembered at Lehighton mum
: ber of years ago as driving huckster wag
, on, may lot have spoiled him for the minis
try yet If attending divine service at th
r Tabernacle, at which he officiates, cor
s vinces any one that the ministry spoiled
. good huckster he is not far amiss. he is
j second Geo. c. Mitue of Chicago. TIL
: ultimatu may be the stage-a more suitabl
n place than the pulpit.
J. The "gum suck" must be peculiar an
q delightful enjoyment, especially II 1t ha
d such potent influence and power upon a.
e scribe that he (scribe) Is circumstanced {
: swear that he will be heard from hereafts
Is every eek. The gum suck" and "musi
lessons tend, 1t seems, indeed, TO interfeI
l. with the bounden duty of the most netl
e odical and exact men. Beware, bewar,
y beware of the gum SUCK" music lesson
II are, without the gum SUCK" incidental
e allowed. Yum, yuml
II The pictorial'papers of the city have bee
y active In getting out and presenting to the
10 patrons happy hits, plthv illustrations an
G representations descriptive of some of tt
l. features of this humorous and peculls
le campaign. The 'merry 90 round" is pr,
Is sented thus in its varied forms and adaptl
d tiohs. The leading paper in this line
s. Multurs Sunday World, and oh, my, no
g 1t does picture to the eye the bosses, col
ditlons and purposes. A happy illustri
er tion In Sundays issue represents the fou
N sold Stagers'' in ministerial uniform ar
l. with Methodist hymnals singing some d
re votional hymn, marked Col, Bill, Andy ar
I'd Gideon. Much of the work in this car
es paign Is done in this way. Il is the app
rs cation of the idea Of Hon. John Cessn
re who, as Chairman of the Republican Sta
TO Committee in 1880, declared that II WI
re easier for the mass Of the people to unde
Id stand situation through the eye than Il